Hot cake server



Oct. 11, 1938. E ls HOT CAKE SERVER Filed June 1, 1937 .Znuenfor Patented Oct. 11, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlQE nor CAKE SERVER Kenneth E. Bernis, Oakland, Calif.

Application June 1, 1937, Serial No. 145,757

Claims. (CI. 65-15) This invention, a hot cake server, is primarily sides I4 forming tangents providing a recess with intended for serving hot cakes. However a dish semicylindrical ends join y an intervening of universal application is provided thereby for rectangular portion. serving either hot or cold foods, usually referred This recess nicely receives three hot cakes in 5 to as cold plates or salads, and also for serving linear overlapped relation and the depth of the 5 foods in the ordinary manner without heating or recess is substantially equal to the thickness of a cooling means. conventional hot cake, or slightly greater, and The objects and advantages of the invention the sides i4 extend almost to the peripheral top are as follows: edge l5 to form a very narrow rim Mi which is 10. First; to provide a hot cake server which proeffective in presenting a completely filled dish. vides a complete and aesthetically displayed hot The hot cakes ll, l8' and i9 when overlapped cake service, including hot cakes displayed in in linear relation, as Shown present more generous service appearing form, syrup and butaesthetic, appetizing and generous display than ter. when served on an ordinary plate.

Second; to provide a server as outlined with a The butter receptacle fits in an aperture 2! 5. special type of syrup pitcher which can be supformed in the top, and this aperture also serves ported in upright position only when placed in a as a passage for introducing ice or hot water into special support provided in the server therefor. the receptacle below.

Third; to provide a hot cake server which is The syrup pitcher 22 is provided with a lip 23 20 substantially elliptical in form and having top and a handle 24 which consists of a lap member and sides while being bottomless, with the hot 25 which overlies the upper portion of the seam cake receiving recess and the butter and syrup re- 26 of the pitcher body, continuing up and about ceptacle openings formed in the top, and with the to form the handle and continuing below the openings and recess substantially coextensive with lower end of the handle to form a lap member 25 the top, and with the sides formed perpendicular forthe lower portion of the seam, and thus com- 25 and imperforate and of a height equal to three or pletely conceals the seam. four times the depth of the recess to providethe The bottom 28 of the pitcher is spherically effect of a completely filled dish of considerable formed and terminates at its upper end in an depth. annular shoulder 29 which rests on the top ill 30 Fourth; to provide a container for hot or cold while the spherical bottom fits in the opening M. 30 water or crushed ice which fits within the server This pitcher cannot be set anywhere except in one from beneath and completely concealed within of the openings 2i and therefore is dependent the server, and removably secured therein, so upon the server for its support. that the server may be served with or without A pan or container 30 having a bottom 3i and the container at will. peripheral walls 32 fits within the server from 35 Other objects and advantages of the invention beneath, and is removably secured therein by any will become apparent as the following descripknown means, such as screws 33 passing through tion is read on the drawing forming a part of the handles 34, and is readily removed for cleanthis specification, and in which similar reference ing or when the server is not to be used with temcharacters are used to designate similar parts perature maintaining means such as hot or cold 40 throughout the several views, of which: water.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the invention. The side walls ll of the'server are made at least Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. three times as high as the depth of the recess I2 Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary section to providethe efiect of depth to the recess, and I showing the method of attaching the handle to they are made perpendicular to the top to increase 45 the syrup pitcher. the illusory efiect of volume of food in the recess.

The invention consists of a server substan- This dish is ideally adapted for cold plate tially elliptical in form and having a top wall [0 lunches as also for hot or ordinary service, as the and peripheral walls I l which are imperforate to foods may be kept hot by introducing hot water maintain the eiiect of depth to the server or dish. or a hot brick or similar substance in the pan 50 The food or hot cake receiving recess or de- 30, and may be kept cold by placing crushed or pression I2 is made equal in width to the diameter dry ice in the container.

of an ordinary or conventional hot cake, about The pan is completely concealed and removable five inches, and the length twice as great with at will, and either hot or cold Water or ice may both ends consisting of half circles l3 and the be introduced through the openings 2|, and the butter and syrup receptacles form stoppers for these openings.

It will be understood that variations in construction and arrangement of parts, which variations are consistent with the appended claims may be resorted to without detracting from the spirit or scope of the invention, or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

I claim:

1. A hot cake server comprising a frame consisting of perpendicular imperforate peripheral walls terminating at the upper end in a plane top wall of substantially elliptical form, a hot cake receiving depression formed in the top wall leaving a narrow margin of the top wall along the sides and having the form of two halves of a circle separated with intervening rectangular portion, whereby hot cakes may be served in linear overlapping relation to completely fill the depression throughout its length, and the narrow margin and spread serving of hot cakes and perpendicul'ar peripheral walls terminating in the plane top wall provide an aesthetic display and the appearance of a very generous serving; a handle conforming to and secured to each end of said server, for adaptation of said server sequentially as a serving tray and a dish, a pan insertible in the underside of said server and coextensive with the interior thereof and completely concealable therein, releasable securing means for securing said pan therein, said pan serving as a temperature maintaining medium in connection with hot or cold water or ice, and an opening formed beyond each end of said depression and a flanged receptacle supported in each opening, said openings functioning selectively as filler openings for filling the pan, and receivers for said receptacles, and, said receptacles functioning simultaneously as covers for said openings and containers for food.

2. A hot cake server comprising a bottomless housing having perpendicular peripheral substantially imperforate walls terminating at the upper end in a plane top wall substantially elliptical in plan and having a shallow depression formed in the intermediate portion of the top wall and a circular opening formed in each end portion, leaving narrow margins of the top wall about the recess and openings, said recess having the form of two half circles connected through intervening rectangular portion to receive three hot cakes in linear overlapping relation tocompletely fill the recess throughout its length, depth, and width, and the narrow margins and spread serving providing the efiect of a generous serving and an aesthetic display, and a pan insertible within said server from beneath and releasable securing means therefor, said pan being completely concealed therein for reception of hot water or other heating medium to keep the hot cakes hot, said openings serving selectively as filler openings, and, receivers for cups and pitchers.

3. In a bottomless serving dish having side walls terminating at the upper end in a plane top wall, a food receiving recess formed in the central portion of the top wall; a pan coextensive with the interior of the dish and insertible into said dish from beneath and completely concealable therein, securing means associated with said dish for securing said pan therein at will, and openings formed in said top wall in the end portions thereof and serving selectively as passages for introduction of crushed ice or hot water to said pan, and for support of receptacles having flanges to rest on the top wall.

4. In a bottomless serving dish having side walls and a top wall and food receptacles formed in the top wall; a pan insertible into said dish from beneath and securable therein and removable at will, and openings formed in said top wall serving selectively as passages for introduction of crushed ice or hot water to said pan, and for support of receptacles having flanges to rest on the top wall, said dish having a handle at each end, and a screw passing through each handle for cooperation with said pan and forming means for securing or releasing said pan in said dish at will.

5. A serving dish comprising a bottomless housing having perpendicular, peripheral, imperforate walls and a top wallsubstantially elliptical in form, a recess formed in said top wall and having a peripheral wall formed of two spaced apart complementary half circles tangentially connected and having a major diameter equal to twice its minor diameter, said peripheral walls of said housing having a height equal to not less than three times the depth of the recess to provide the illusory effect of volume to the recess, an opening formed through said top wall beyond theh confines of said recess beyond each end, a butter receptacle in one opening, a syrup pitcher having a spherical bottom and annular supporting shoulder requiring its support in the other opening, a handle for each end of said dish, a pan mounted within said dish from beneath and releasable securing means therefor comprising fastening devices operating through said handles, said pan being removable and replaceable at will and completely concealable within said dish, said openings functioning selectively as passages for introduction of hot water or crushed ice, and as supports for, and sealed by said butter receptacle 

